diff --git a/Ladybird/WebContentView.cpp b/Ladybird/WebContentView.cpp
index 3dee9df3f18..1c2af12c2be 100644
--- a/Ladybird/WebContentView.cpp
+++ b/Ladybird/WebContentView.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include <QPaintEvent>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QScrollBar>
-#include <QSocketNotifier>
 #include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QToolTip>
@@ -607,8 +606,10 @@ void WebContentView::create_client()
     auto new_client = MUST(adopt_nonnull_ref_or_enomem(new (nothrow) WebView::WebContentClient(std::move(socket), *this)));
     new_client->set_fd_passing_socket(MUST(Core::Stream::LocalSocket::adopt_fd(ui_fd_passing_fd)));
 
-    auto* notifier = new QSocketNotifier(new_client->socket().fd().value(), QSocketNotifier::Type::Read);
-    QObject::connect(notifier, &QSocketNotifier::activated, [new_client = new_client.ptr()] {
+    m_web_content_notifier.setSocket(new_client->socket().fd().value());
+    m_web_content_notifier.setEnabled(true);
+
+    QObject::connect(&m_web_content_notifier, &QSocketNotifier::activated, [new_client = new_client.ptr()] {
         if (auto notifier = new_client->socket().notifier())
             notifier->on_ready_to_read();
     });
diff --git a/Ladybird/WebContentView.h b/Ladybird/WebContentView.h
index 2572272e2c9..008e51b44ad 100644
--- a/Ladybird/WebContentView.h
+++ b/Ladybird/WebContentView.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 #include <LibGfx/StandardCursor.h>
 #include <LibWeb/CSS/PreferredColorScheme.h>
 #include <LibWeb/CSS/Selector.h>
-#include <LibWebView/ViewImplementation.h>
-
 #include <LibWeb/Forward.h>
+#include <LibWebView/ViewImplementation.h>
 #include <QAbstractScrollArea>
 #include <QPointer>
+#include <QSocketNotifier>
 
 class QTextEdit;
 class QLineEdit;
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ private:
     Gfx::IntRect m_viewport_rect;
 
     void handle_web_content_process_crash();
+    QSocketNotifier m_web_content_notifier { QSocketNotifier::Type::Read };
 
     RefPtr<Gfx::Bitmap> m_backup_bitmap;